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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Kitchen Cottage on May 13, 2015, 09:12:15 am
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I am out in the garden and allotment most of the time when I'm not working. I haven't been applying sunscreen and I need to get back into the habit.
What is your regime and preferred brand?
(my legs of course are perpetually covered but face, arms, neck and hands are on show sometimes.
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My brother is a consultant dermatologist and his rule of thumb is 'use the highest factor you can get and if it is not a visible white smear when you go out it isnt enough'
I have to say he is a curiously pale looking chap. i use a high factor pretty well all the time when out walking but forget frequently to put any on when popping out into the garden for an hour or two. A timely reminder KC
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One of my heart meds causes my skin to react very adversely to the sun, even when it's cloudy. I'm supposed to wear sunblock (ie not just a sunscreen) all the time when I'm outdoors, plus a UV blocking hat and anti UV glasses. No shorts, no sleeveless tops, gloves for my hands whatever I'm doing. Apart from providing a hilarious sight to anyone who sees me, this is the biggest drag as you can imagine, when you're trying to work, boiling hot, hat falls over your face, specs steam up..... I hate it. But having forgotten the advice a couple of times and suffered bad burning after only a short time outdoors, I try to comply. My family has a tendency to have pre-malignant solar keratosis (caused by the sun and can turn malignant) so having seen what it's like for them, I have always tried to protect my skin from the sun, even before I started on the med. Also for a while I worked in Plastic Surgery, where tiny blemishes had quickly turned highly malignant and young people were dying - heart breaking.
So - don't forget your sunscreen, even when it's cloudy in the summer....cos you're worf it :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine:
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I don't put any on when I'm in the garden but when I went on holiday to the Caribbean I used Riemann P20 on the advice of a friend. It is expensive but you only put it on once a day. I used a high factor one and thought it was fantastic. Its definitely on my list for the next holiday.
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I have some factor 25 but I never think to put it on when I'm in the garden. I should do. My stepfather had skin cancer so I know of the risks. I also have a friend who lost half his ear to skin cancer.
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I use the same as the children, Sainsbury's factor 50. It is one of the very few thing I argue with my OH about, he refuses to wear any and always gets a burnt neck and ears.